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Elis Ligtlee
Elis Ligtlee, Dutch track cyclist (born 1993, Deventer), surprise women's keirin gold at Rio 2016 Olympics; also 2015 world sprint silver; retired December 2018 at 24; later Elis Ligtlee Sports & Lifestyle.
Elite League (speedway)
Elite League (speedway): top division of British league speedway until 2016, also called Elite League. Play-off champions from 2002 included Poole (five titles) and Wolverhampton; replaced in 2017 by the SGB Premiership.
Ella Lloyd
Ella Lloyd (born 2005, Pontypridd, Wales) is a Welsh racing driver in F1 Academy with Rodin Motorsport, backed by McLaren's Driver Development Programme; former showjumper and skier, 2025 top rookie with a Jeddah win.
Ella Stevens (racing driver)
Ella Stevens (born 2006) is a British racing driver, 2025 British KZ2 karting Vice-Champion and the only woman to win in the UK's premier karting class, now racing in 2026 F1 Academy for McLaren Oxagon with Rodin Motorsport.
Ellen van Dijk
Ellen van Dijk, Dutch road and track cyclist (born 1987, Harmelen), three-time world time trial champion (2013, 2021, 2022), 2022 Hour Record holder at 49.254 km, 2014 Tour of Flanders winner, retired 2025 with 70 wins, now Lidl-Trek coach.
Emerson Fittipaldi
Emerson Fittipaldi, Brazilian racing driver born 1946 in São Paulo; two-time F1 World Champion (1972 Lotus, 1974 McLaren), 14 Grand Prix wins, later two-time Indianapolis 500 winner (1989, 1993) and 1989 CART champion.
Emil Sayfutdinov
Emil Sayfutdinov (Эмиль Сайфутдинов), Russian speedway rider born 1989 in Salavat; two-time World Under-21 Champion, youngest-ever Grand Prix winner on 2009 debut, European Champion 2014 and 2015, long-time Polish Ekstraliga rider with Toruń.
Emile Thubron
Émile Thubron (Ernest Blakelock Thubron, 1861–1927), British-born engineer and motorboat racer; won 1908 Olympic A-Class motorboating gold for France aboard Camille, the only finisher.
Emilia Romagna Grand Prix
Emilia Romagna Grand Prix: Formula One race at Imola's Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, held 2020-2025 and named for the Emilia-Romagna region; successor to the San Marino Grand Prix, won four times by Verstappen, dropped from the 2026 calendar.
Emma Felbermayr
Emma Felbermayr (born 2007 in Wels, Austria) is an Austrian racing driver who competes in F1 Academy with Rodin Motorsport and was the first Austrian woman to win a race in the series.
Emma Finucane
Emma Finucane is a Welsh track cyclist, born in Carmarthen in 2002, who is an Olympic champion and three-time world champion in the sprint disciplines.
Endurance racing (motorsport)
Endurance racing (motorsport), also called sports car endurance racing: multi-driver teams race six to 24 hours (Le Mans, Daytona 24, Sebring), winner covering greatest distance; WEC classes Hypercar and LMGT3 with balance of performance.
Enrico Brusoni
Enrico Brusoni (Ernesto Mario Brusoni, 1878-1949), Italian cyclist; won the 1900 Paris Olympics points race gold, unrecognized in his lifetime, plus Coppa del Re 1898 and Gran Fondo 1902, 1904.
Enzo Ferrari
Enzo Ferrari (1898-1988), Italian racing driver and founder of Scuderia Ferrari and the Ferrari car company; led Maranello's racing operations until his death, won F1 titles with Ascari, Fangio, Lauda, and others.
Enzo Fittipaldi
Enzo Fittipaldi (born 2001, Miami) is a Brazilian-American racing driver, grandson of Emerson Fittipaldi; ex-F2 driver (2 wins, 13 podiums) and 2026 Indy NXT vice-champion with HMD Motorsports.
Enzo Sacchi
Enzo Sacchi (1926-1988), Italian track sprint cyclist from Firenze; won 1,000 m sprint gold at Helsinki 1952 and amateur world sprint titles in 1951 and 1952, later a professional sprinter and six-day rider.
Ercole Baldini
Ercole Baldini (Il Treno di Forlì), 1933–2022, Italian cyclist; Hour Record holder, 1956 Melbourne Olympic road race gold, 1958 Giro d'Italia and world road champion; only Italian with that treble.
Eric Norris
Eric Scott Norris, born 1965, is an American stunt coordinator and racing driver, son of Chuck Norris, who won the 2002 NASCAR Grand National West Series championship.
Erik Friborg
Erik Friborg (Johan Erik Friborg, 1893–1968) was a Swedish road cyclist who won team road race gold and placed seventh individually at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, later working as a physiotherapist in Cannes.
Erik Gundersen
Erik Gundersen (born 1959, Esbjerg), "The Gunder Wonder", Danish speedway rider; triple individual world champion 1984, 1985, 1988 with 17 world titles total; career ended by a 1989 Bradford crash.
Erik Jones
Erik Jones (born 1996, Byron, Michigan) is a NASCAR Cup Series driver of the No. 43 Toyota for Legacy Motor Club; 2015 Truck Series champion, youngest Truck winner at 17, two-time Southern 500 winner (2019, 2022).
Ernesto Rivera (racing driver)
Ernesto Rivera Pavlovich (born 2008, Mexico City) is a Mexican racing driver, Red Bull Junior and Campos Racing FIA Formula 3 driver; 2026 F3 rookie, seventh with 87 points and two wins (Red Bull Ring sprint, Spa feature).
Ernie Payne
Ernie Payne (Ernest Arthur Payne, 1884-1961), British track cyclist from Worcester, 1908 Olympic team pursuit gold medallist, who also played amateur football for Worcester City and Manchester United.
Ernst Ihbe
Ernst Ihbe, full name Hermann Ernst Ihbe, was a German track cyclist who won the 2,000-meter tandem sprint at the 1936 Berlin Olympics with Carl Lorenz.
Ernst Streng
Ernst Streng (1942-1993), West German track cyclist, RC Schmitter Köln; Olympic gold in the 1964 Tokyo men's 4,000 m team pursuit with Claesges, Henrichs, and Link, beating Italy by 0.07 seconds, plus 1964 world title and 1963 world silver.
Eros Poli
Eros Poli (born 1963, Isola della Scala, Verona) is an Italian former road cyclist, 1984 Olympic and 1987 world 100 km team time trial champion, famous for his solo 1994 Tour de France stage win over Mont Ventoux, now a guide for inGamba luxury cycling tours.
Erwin Creed
Erwin Creed (born 1980, Paris) is a French endurance racing driver and seventh-generation member of the Creed perfume house; raced Le Mans 2018 and 2019 with Larbre Competition in LMP2.
Esapekka Lappi
Esapekka Lappi, born 1991, is a Finnish rally driver who won the 2016 WRC2 title and two WRC rounds, Rally Finland 2017 and Sweden 2024.
Esmee Kosterman
Esmee Kosterman (born 2005) is a Dutch racing driver from Wijk bij Duurstede; FIA Girls on Track Rising Stars finalist, first woman to win in the Ford Fiesta Sprint Cup Benelux, British F4 racer, and 2026 F1 Academy driver for MP Motorsport as the first LEGO Racing driver.
Esteban Gutiérrez
Esteban Gutiérrez, Mexican F1 driver born 1991 in Monterrey; raced Sauber 2013–14 and Haas 2016, 59 starts, 6 points, one points finish (7th, Suzuka 2013); junior champion in Formula BMW Europe and GP3; later Mercedes reserve driver.